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Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1887-12-10
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News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-04-28
How lie Escaped.
NEW Workers. ACCOUNT OF THE WAY HE
WAS SAVED FROM THE BUFFALO FIRE.

"
T'vvtsr NfiI1iIkcn, ror3s1e7at % E>ve,r-
York city, was in the burning Richmond
House in Buffalo, and in a letter gives O
thrilling description of how he managed
to escape from the fourth floor of the
hotel to the street. After telling how
he was aroused by the electric bells, he
writes:
Hastily pulling on my trousers,
ran to a window overlooking a court in
the rear, and discovered the interior of
that place to be one vast sheet of fire
the space acting like a huge chimney,
up which the flames were forced. The
staircase, / knew, was of wood, and liable
to go under any minute, and the flames
were curling up this and over the balus-
ters, and it seemed almost suicidal to go
down that way; but there was no other,
for every one i'll that part of the hotel
was cut off from the main street. l
started to run. On the first step my
bare feet slipped on the carpet and
threw me on my back, and / fell, or
rather slid, down head first to the floor
below. While descending was actual
ly under the flames which swept up the
stairway, singing and burning those who
followed me. On the third story I was
obliged to run through the flames about
twenty feet to reach the stairs from the
third to the second story. Here 1 slip
ped again, and crawled under the flames
to the second floor. Seeing bedroom
door aiar at the end of the hall, I thought
that by reaching that room would be
close to the street. In this room
found myself in the corner of the build
ing, and from the window discovered
balcony which projected over Eagle
street. From this 1 managed to climb
to ledge over the show window of
the store adjoining the hotel, from
which L slid down an iron post to the
pavement"
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-04-28
Expensive Geese.

United States Marshal Wilson, of the
District of Columbia, In conversation
told the story of a goose that cost the
Government $3.50. When Fred. Doug
lass was Marshal it was customary to
summon large number of witnesses to
appear before the Grand Jury, the abil-
ity of the jury to examine all thus sum-
moned in one day not being considered
by the Marshal. This was particularly
the case where the party charged with
the offence happened to be colored
man. The per diem being $1.25, every
negro residing in the vicinity where the
offence was alleged to have been COM
mitted, struggled to have himself sum-
moned. On one of these occasions Mr..
Wilson was foreman of the Grand Jury.
A negro was charged with having stolen
a live goose. Over thirty witnesses
were summoned by the Marshal, and
the Grand jury spent two days in their
examination. When the case was con-
cluded the foreman reported the
facts to Judge McArthur, and
expressed the opinion that witnesses
were summoned In many cases for rev.
enue only. The foreman was instruct
ed not to spend time in examining such
witnesses, and the Marshal was directed
thereafter to summon no more witnesses
than the Grand Jury could examine on
the day for which they were summoned.
This resulted in correcting the abuse
during the continuance of Mr.. Wilson's
term as foreman of the jury. 81 in
quired into the cost" said Mr.. Wilson,
"of our inquest over that goose, and
found that the expense to the govern
ment was over $160. The experience
has been of service to me as Marshal,
and enabled me to save to the Treasury
a pretty large sum il witness fees"
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-04-28
A SOnOma Eagle.

The Santa Rosa Republican says: A
peculiar story is told of an eagle which
had been watched for thirteen consecu-
tive years by the residents of a quiet
valley not many miles from this city. The
same eagle has for the above pmed
period of years built her nest in cave
and there reared her young unmoIssted.
She will regularly in the spring come
from some unknown place, lay hef eggs
and hatch her young. After the Joung
are old enough to take care of themselves
she leaves them in the valley and flies
away. and is not seen again &S> that
nelghborhood until the following spring
has come. Where she goes to and
where she comes from no one is able to
tell. The young seldom follow her off,
but stay in the valley and are shot or
stray away. In the spring, when she
comes to build her nest, she will fly di-
rectly over the cave for several days;
the meaning of this nobody is able to
tell, but the supposition is tlnt it is to
find out whether the cave is Occupied by
varmints or birds of her owa nature.
Each day she can be noticed. lowering
down toward the ground, untl at last
she reaches the cave. After his, per-
haps, she is not again seen fol a week,
when she will come out III earch of
food,
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-04-28
THE MORMONS.
An Editor Visits Utah and Talks
About the Mormons.

In recent Ashland Press is a letter
by the editor, ex-Leutenant Governor
Fifeld, in which he speaks of the Nor
mons. He says: They are the mixed
lot. Gathered from the four quarters of
the globe, of every race and color, re-
cruited from the lowest ranks of human
ity, they have intermixed until they are
a race without name and without a
country. They are brave, hardy, super
stitious and fanatical. In appearance
they are awkward and homely, yet there
are many who are intelligent and smart
among them. They are as a class, how
ever, below the average American. They
are lacking in enterprise, though they
are workers as are bees. They are fru-
gal and saving, and in the main wellto-
do. They own their little homes in the
city and farms in the valleys, but they
are ruled by the priesthood and ridden
by the church. The women as a race
are cold before their time" and seem
born to bear burthens and children.
There are very few handsome women
or men among them. They believe in
Joe Smith and the "Church of Jesus
Christ of Latter-day Saints, including
the marriage covenant and plurality of
wives. Many are ignorant, but this
does not apply to the young generation,
as they have good schools of their class,
and are educated in the common branch
es. In conclusion, Mormonism is puz-
zle, or rather blotch upon the face of
our land, which will not down at the
bidding of the popular voice. What its
fate will be none can foretell They may
change their views and creed and become
good citizens, in time, but the chances
are that they will again be forced to
march further toward the setting sun.
One or the other course is inevitable.
Which2
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-04-28
Wouldn't Spoil the Dinner.

An old war veteran, who had been
through half dozen campaigns, and was
not very particular about what he ate,
was invited out to swell dinner party.
He sat almost directly opposite the
hostess, and was painfully conscious that
every move he made could be observed
by her Suddenly, at the hight of the
festivities, the veteran came across a
caterpillar in his salad. A furtive glance
at the hostess disclosed the fact that she
too had discovered the embarrassing
circumstance. 1t was a critical moment,
but the old soldier was equal to the oc-
casion. Without changing a muscle he
gathered up the caterpillar with a fork
fuI of the salad and swallowed both
The look of gratitude which he received
from his hostess, few minutes later,
warmed the very cookies of his heart. In
due time the story leaked out, and when
somebody asked the old campaigner how
he liked caterpillar salad, the reply
came like hot-shot: Do you take me
for man who would spoil a dinner
party for little thing like caterpillar +"
Detroit Free Press.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-04-28

horrible manner, and then flung over
board. At the very first splash We saw
at least dozen sharks make for the
spot, and after that their dorsal fius
were cutting the water in every di-
rection.
tell you we were an excited lot
when the blacks got possession Of the
brig, and our captain soon realized that
he had made great mistake in not
helping the Spaniard to put down the
outbreak, SLAYER though he was. The
negroes could not distinguish between
friend and fOe-Spaniard and English
man. The fact of the two crafts lying
so close together was proof to them that
both were slavers, and their victory
aboard the brig encouraged them to go
further. 1t wasn't long before we be-
came convinced that they meant to at
tack the bark One of them stood on
the rail and harangued the crowd for a
few minutes, pointing our way and
gesticulating fiercely, and there was
more order aboard after that
AS told you before, three of the
briggs crew escaped instant death. by
running aloft, where they were for q
time forgotten. They went as high as
they could go, and concealed themselves
as well as possible. They dared not
shout to us, but they implored us by
gestures to come to their relief After
the harangue, the drift of which they
seemed to understand, they motloned
us that the blacks supposed the bark to
be loaded with slaves, also, end that We
gouId be attacked in a. effort to set
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-04-28

them free. They gave us to understand
that the negros had score of muskets
and knew how to use them, and We
could easily understand that a sharp
cutlass in the hands of a desperate
black would be a wicked weapon.
'Down with you, lads, and prepare
to defend the ship with your lives, y
called our Captain, and every man res
ponded with willingness.
As 1 told you, we had no firearms of
any consequence. Everything which
| could be used as missile or weapon
was speedily gathered, and every uten-
sll In which water could be heated was
placed on the stove in the cooks galley
We opened the midship matches and
broke out of the cargo lot of English
pressed brick which had been ordered
by contractor at the Cape. They
weighted about five pounds each, and
We piled up thousand or more at diff
ferent points on the deck. We were
still handling the bricks when the blacks
suddenly remembered the three sailors
IN the rigging of the brig, and eight or
ten started aloft after them. We were
amazed at the circumstance, but there
was no sea on, the fellows were proba-
bly, expert forest climbers, and there
was nothing so wonderful in their going
aloft. The sailors called out to our Cap
tain for Gods sake to come to their re-
lief, and he answered them that our
position was so full of peril thrt he did
not dare send off boat. The blacks
were very agile fellows, and as they
drew near the sailors we saw that the
latter were preparing to leap into the
sea. The idea was appalling, not only
on account of the great height, but those
wicked dorsal fins were cutting the wa
ter all about the slave ship in way to
make us shiver. The moment finally
came when the first sailor dropped from
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-04-28
Early Iron Steamships.

The first iron steamer to cross the At
lantlc was the Great Britain, screw
steamer. She sailed from the Mersey
July 26, 1845, and arrived at New York
on the 10th of August following. She
was built by [. Brunei, in 1913. Her
length was 286 feet. The first iron sail
ing vessel that made transatlantic voy-
age of which there is any record was a
bark called the Ironsides, 271 tons reg
lister, built at Liverpool by jackson &
Godon, for Messrs. Cairns & Co., and
launched Oct II, 1888. Her first voy-
age was to Rio de Janeiro. There were
other seagoing iron steamers before the
Great Britain, but of smaller dimen-
sions, and none ventured to cross the
ocean. In 1878 the Vulcan, a small YES
sci, was launched on the Clyde, and was
employed III the local trade. Afterward,
the Elburkah, ffty-tive tons, was built
and went to sea, her destination being
the Niger River Africa, where she was
to be used for inland exploring service
In 1924 the Aaron Mandy, ii small
steamer, was built and went from Lon
don to Havre md Paris. In 1881 an
iron steamer, 81 feet long and IA feet
beam, was built at Manchester and went
to Liverpool. She was the second (the
Elburkah being the first iron steamer that
ever braved the perils of deep water ex-
cept the Lord Dundas ightboat, which
made the voyage from Liverpool to
Glasgow in the previous year. In 1888
iron seagoing vessels were becoming
more numerous, but still Of compare
lively small dimensions, the largest pre-.
vious to the Great Britain being one
built in 1871, 200 feet long.--.Saa Fron-
eiaco CqR,
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-04-28
General George Neutrality-suspicious.

Gen. Washington possesses 10000
acres of land in one body, vhere he
lives; constantly employs 25( hands;
keeps twenty-four ploughs going all the
year, when the weather will permit;
sowed, in 1887, 600 bushels of pats, 700
acres of wheat, and prepared as much
corn, barley, potatoes, beans, leas, &c. !;
has near five hundred acres in rass and
sowed $50 with turnips. Sock, 14O
horses, 112 COWS, 235 working oxen,
heifers and steers and 500 sheep. The
lands about his seat are ali laid down in
grass; the farms are scattered ground at
the distance of two, three, folg or five
miles, which the General visits every
day, unless the weather is absolutely
stormy, He is constantly making vari-
ous and extensive experiments for the
improvement of agriculture. He is
stimulated with that desire which always
44otuates him-to do good to mankind.
In 1786 he killed $50 hogs, weighing
1880 pounds, for his family use lex
elusive of provision for his negroes)
winch was made into bacon. Fro" "'
i2aaNae u l72G,
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-04-28
His Gold Lace.

A certain New England Governor had
occasion to visit tribe of Indians who
have their home within his jurisdiction,
and took his staff along with him. One
OF the officers, who was of a consequent
tial turn, resolved to make a deep i'm
preston upon the untutored red man,
and with this object arrayed himself
with great care and crowded on all the
gold lace and braid that his uniform
would bear. As he expected, the dis
play attracted the attention of the chief
of the tribe, but the impression made on
him was not just what the owner of the
snowy uniform had looked for. AS he
strutted up to the chief the latter ex-
pressed himself in curt Indian fashion :
q You a1my?" "No," said the officer.
"Navyl" "No." ''Mihtia 2" Yes. 3"
Whereupou the chief, with lock Of sn-
pgeaas contempt, ejaoulatad, "oh, bah !"
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-04-28

water beg pardon, Mr.. Brown,
but you don't order such dinners as
your boys.
Mr.. Brown-Umph Ny father isn't
as rich as theirs.-Harper's Bozar.
ODDS AND ENDS.
A LITTLE boys first pair of trousers
always fit If the pockets are deep
enough.
FAME is like river, that beareth u,p
things light and swollen and browns
things weighty and solid.
A New HAVEN paper boasts of a cat
that sits up like kangaroo. Kangaroos
must sit up all night. then.
SCIENCE is big thing. It makes SUI
gar from coal tar. IT. can do everv-
thing except make maple sugar from
Vermont.
CALAIS even doctors don't know
everything" says contemporary. No,
child; that exclusiveness is reserved for
editors.
A FOREIGN lady, who had not become
used to the English language, was in
vited to partake of some oysters. "Oh,
thank you" she replied; :" little of the
juice, please; none of the beasts"
81 WISH was public house." said a
loving woman to her husband "Why 2"
he inquired, with some degree of sur
prise. ''Oh, because you would run in
eighteen or twenty times day to see
me"
ADVERTISEMENT in French newspaper:
Fritz X, an experienced accountant,
desires place as cashier. In the in
terest of the security of patrons he would
state that he is afflicted with two wooden
legs"
A GOOD mother was Mortified the
other dav when her little daughter in
formed her that she had her hair cut Mt
the hlncltzmith's shop. When asked t.
explain she replied: 3" Mr.. Smith cut my
hair, and he is black, isn't he r.
They tell of a very precise woman who
sailed into a dry goods store and
asked to be shown some "dignifers.
"Wh-a-a-t2" stammered the clerk. "Dig- |
nifers," said the lady, severely. The
clerk had to give it up. "Well, bustles, |
them" snapped the precise person, scorn-
fully.
A NEWSPAPER correspondent writing |
from Jacksonville, Fla, says that the |
town is full of Northern folks, and that |
the position of the natives is well stated |
in the words of little darkey who, !
asked how he got a living, said: "In de |
summer, sab, we lives often de fishes;
and in de wintah we lives often de sick !
Yankees"
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-04-28
HOW GOLD Is EXPORTED.
Something of Interest, and New TO
Many Readers.

| The Boston Commercial Bulletin says:
Each keg contains 800, 900 in clear gold
! It is from the Bank of America, at New
York, that most of the gold is shipped
from that city. The foreign steamships
| sailing from this city now carry little or
no gold, although the reverse was the
case years ago The shipments OF gold
are not generally on the banks account,
At first glance persons might well sup
pose that when the demand arises fer
gold to send abroad the shipper would
Only have to send in his order for his hun
dreds of thousands to the sub-treasrry,
where millions of specie are on deposit.
But there are sufficient reasons why this
plan will not work. The sub-treasury
can pay out its coin only to creditors of
the government. With tlia~~an1 OF
America the associated banks keep on
deposit constantly an enormous sum of
gold, sometimes amounting to $40, ,000,-
600. To the members of the bank asso-
citation the Bank of America issues its
own certificates against these deposits,
redeemable on demand. SO, when there
is occasion for making gold shipment,
the coin is prepared for that purpose in
the rear Office of that bank: here it is
bagged and kegged and made ready for
that purpose. Kegs in which gold is
pacl1ed-specie kegs, as they are called
are made of extra hard wood. They
must have an extra iron hoop. Specie
is not thrown loosely into keg, nor,
upon the other hand, is it carefully
wrapped in tissue paper and piled up
one coin upon another. The keg serves
only as a protection for canvass bags,
into which the gold is placed in the or
dinary hit and miss fashion of pennies
in mans pocket. Into each bag goes
$1,000, and ten bags fill keg. In the
interest of security each keg is treated
to what is technically known among the
shippers as the red taping process. At
each end of the keg, in the projecting
rim of the slaves above the head, are
bored four holes at equidistant intervals.
A piece of red tape is run through these
holes, crossing on the head of the keg,
and the ends finally meet in the centre.
At the point of meeting the tape is seal
ed to the kegs head by wax bearing the
seal of the shipper. Gold crosses the
ocean very much as does every other
kind of freight, without any special look
ing after. The average rate of insur-
ance is about s., 900 dollars on q ship
ment of S1,O0O,000. There are shippers
who do not insure. Having to ship
81 200, 900, they give it in different parts
to half dozen different vessels. It is
strict rule with some firms never to trust
more than $3.50, 900 at time on any one
ship. A certain party furnishes all the
kegs for gold and packs them. Theman
who does this is a monopolist in his wav. |
Shippers of large amounts always lose
'ew dollars by abrasion, but not exceed |
ng sixteen ounces on a million dollar ship |
nent. The only protection to be found
against abrasion lies in the shipment of !
gold in bars instead OF coin. Gold bars
ire not readily obtained.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-04-28
JUST AWAY.

cannot say, and will not say
That he is dead. He is just awayi
With CHEEKY smile and wave Of the hand
He has wandered into an unknown land,
And left us dreaming how very fair
It needs must be- since he fingers there.
And you, oh, you, who the widest yearn
For the old-tims step and the glad return.
Think Of him fariDg on, as dear
IN the love of there as the love Of here;
And loyal still, as he gave the blows
Of his warrior strength to his country's foesi
Mild and gentle as !Se was brave
When the sweetest love o. bis life he gave
To simple things: Where the vi6>ets grew
Pure as the eyes they were ikened to,
The touches of his hands have stayed
As reverently as his lips have prayed.
When the little brown thrush that harshly
chirred
Was dear to him as the mocking birdg
And he pitied as much as a man in pain
A writhing honey bee wet with rain.
Think of him still as the same, say,
He is not dead he is just away!
JAMES WHTTcoMB RuEf.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-04-28
4 Little Girl's Appeal.

A little girl eight years old, residing
ut Gordon, Dakota, has written the fol
lowing letter to Secretary Lamar. 1t
was printed on small piece of paper
With a lead pencil, in a style peculiar
only to children when they are writing
their first letters. Every letter is a cap
ital, and reads:
"N1R. LEMARs: Won't you please de-
eide the land case that is in your office
now. Ma has to work ont, and Minnie
is sick, and | have to do the work. |
am only eight years old. We hain't no
money, and Lige Moon is trying to get
our claim. ADA FRENCH.
MA wants to get some money so we
can get some close and git a horse. 1t
is awful cold here at Michel, Dakota,
and we have to burn hay, and can't
hardly keep warm. Good by.
"ADA FRENCH.
"GoRDoN, DAEoTA."
The letter was referred to Commits
sioner Sparks, and went through the
routine of the Land Office, and an of
fetal letter was written to the girl in
forming her that the Commissioner had
decided the claim III favor of hermOther,
but an appeal had been made to the
Secretary of the Interior, where it is
now pending. The little girl wrote an
other letter, similar to her previous one,
begging the Commissioner 'to get Mr.
Lemars to beside mas case Lige
Moon" she says, "told ma that if you
desided in mas favor he would not give
her any more trubble, but Lige Moon
lies"
This letter was also answered, and the
correspondence sent to the Secretary to
hurry his action,